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Microsoft to withdraw support for XP operating system
08.04.2014 14:14
RTNews: One in every ten PCs here will become vulnerable to attacks from hackers and viruses in one week's time. That's the warning from Microsoft, which is ending support for its legacy Windows XP operating system around the world on 8 April.
Software developers, like Microsoft, regularly...
Government computers running Windows XP will be vulnerable to hackers after April 8
08.04.2014 14:11
TheWashingtonPost: The deadline for installing secure operating systems on federal government computers will pass next month with the job incomplete, leaving hundreds of thousands of machines running outdated software and unusually vulnerable to hackers.
Federal officials have known for more...
Enterprises: We'll run Windows XP even after retirement
08.04.2014 14:10
Computerworld - Nearly half of the companies still using the nine-year-old Windows XP plan to keep running the aged OS even after Microsoft withdraws its support in 2014, a research analyst said today.
"IT just really, really likes the XP operating system," said Diane Hagglund, a senior...
Please, Microsoft, don’t put Windows XP to sleep on April 8 – the world isn’t ready yet!
08.04.2014 14:09
ExtremeTech:On April 8 2014, almost thirteen years after it was first released, Windows XP will finally breathe its last breath and die — officially, anyway. From that date, Microsoft will no longer support the inveterate OS, meaning instability bugs and security vulnerabilities will go...
Windows XP: What to expect once Microsoft shuts down support
08.04.2014 14:06
ZDNET: Summary: Even though the world won't end because of Microsoft's withdrawal of support for Windows XP, those left clinging to the OS after April's deadline still face a number of issues.
Some twelve-and-a-half years after Windows XP first went on sale, Microsoft is turning off...
Microsoft to stop supporting Windows XP OS: Urgent need for PSU banks to migrate to new software
08.04.2014 14:03
TheEconomicTimes: Once in a few years software giant Microsoft asks its customers to upgrade to a new operating system (OS) as it prepares to pull off support for the older version.
That time draws nigh. April 8 is when the Redmond, Washington-headquartered corporation stops support for its...
When Windows XP support ends, this is how you secure your PC and save all updates
08.04.2014 14:01
ExpertReviews: It's soon going to be a tough time for a lot of people, as Microsoft is pulling support for Windows XP on 8th April 2014. With no more security updates after that date, the security implications are huge, particularly as this aged OS still commands almost 30 per cent of the...
Banks to be hit with Microsoft costs for running outdated ATMs
08.04.2014 13:57
Reuters: Microsoft withdraws support for Windows XP on April 8
* U.S., UK major banks negotiate fees for extended support
* 95 percent of world's 2.2 million ATMs run on outdated XP
* One-third of ATMs have been upgraded to Windows 7
* Cost of upgrade for each UK bank around $100 million -...
A red carpet for Angela Merkel – but don’t expect a ‘bag of presents’, Germany warns Britain
27.02.2014 11:21
TheIndependent: David Cameron cannot count on Chancellor Angela Merkel bringing a “bag full of presents” on her visit to London, German government sources have warned – as the Prime Minister attempts to win her support for reform of the European Union.
Ms Merkel, whose red-carpet treatment...
Russian fighter jets on 'combat alert' amid continuing unrest in Crimea
27.02.2014 11:18
TheIndependent: ensions in the Crimea peninsula are increasing as armed men seized control of local government buildings this morning.
Fighter jets along Russia's western borders have been placed on combat alert, amid continuing unrest in the Crimea region of Ukraine.
"Constant air patrols are...
U.K. Regulator Spells Out New Rules for Foreign Bank Branches
27.02.2014 11:15
WSJ: Plan Relates to London's Attempts to Become Hub for Trading the Chinese Renminbi.
The U.K. unveiled new proposals that would make it more difficult for some foreign banks to operate in the U.K. and easier for others, subject to specific agreements with their home supervisors.
The new...
City of Rome Risks Bankruptcy After Aid Falls Through
27.02.2014 11:13
WSJ: Eternal City's Financial Crisis Deals Italy's Premier Renzi First Political Headache.
ROME—The Eternal City, now teetering on the brink of a Detroit-style bankruptcy, has served Italy's new prime minister his first major political headache.
On the first day of his premiership, Matteo...
Queue for food in Syria's Yarmouk camp shows desperation of refugees
27.02.2014 11:08
TheGuardian: Huge crowd of Palestinians is photographed waiting for aid in Yarmouk, which has been under blockade for month
It is a vision of unimaginable desolation: a crowd of men, women and children stretching as far as the eye can see into the war-devastated landscape of Yarmouk refugee...
Armed men seize Crimea parliament and hoist Russian flag
27.02.2014 11:06
TheGuardian: Armed men have seized the government buildings in the capital of the Ukraine’s Crimea region and hoisted a Russian flag over a barricade.
The men occupying the parliament building in the regional capital, Simferopol, early on Thursday did not come out to voice any demands. They...
Angela Merkel to exhort Britain to remain in EU
27.02.2014 11:05
TheGuardian: German chancellor set to address UK parliament amid fears in Berlin that Britain may be on way to exit.
Angela Merkel will use a high-profile visit to London on Thursday, in which she will address a joint session of parliament and have tea with the Queen at Buckingham Palace,...
Porsche Founder’s Legacy Hits Nazi Past in Czech Hometown
27.02.2014 11:01
Bloomberg: Ferdinand Porsche, the founder of the 911 sports-car maker, created the first hybrid more than 100 years ago and designed the original Volkswagen Beetle. Those achievements haven’t counted for much in his hometown.
That legacy will once again be tested as a new exhibition...
Good Enough? That’s Great
05.02.2014 08:39
NYTimes: What’s the best way to recalibrate a marriage as the years pass? I wish I had the answer, because clearly millions of us would like to know.
As the editor of the Modern Love column for nearly a decade, I have sifted through roughly 50,000 stories that have crossed my desk....
Vodka blamed for high number of early deaths in Russia
31.01.2014 14:42
Independent: The image of the vodka-swilling, chapka-clad Russian is a long-held stereotype. But there is a more serious side to the
caricature.
The nation's much-loved tipple is a major cause of early death in Russia and has a direct impact on mortality rates in men, new research...
Conjoined grey whale calves found in Mexico
15.01.2014 14:19
TheGuardian: The twins were found alive by fishermen on the Baja California peninsula but lived only a few hours
Fishermen in Mexico have found rare conjoined grey whale calves that died shortly after being born.
Benito Bermudez, a marine biologist, says the whales were...
Jet in 'near miss' with UFO
13.01.2014 13:45
TheTelegraph: An airline pilot reports a close encounter with a UFO near Heathrow Airport which has baffled the aviation authorities.
It was certainly a close encounter, but with precisely what remains a mystery.
An airline pilot has reported a near miss in which a “rugby ball”-shaped UFO...
The Chinese military machine’s secret to success: European engineering
20.12.2013 10:42
Bloomberg: German diesel engines now power China’s stealthy submarines - among the many weapons and parts Beijing has sourced from America’s European allies.
HONG KONG - If the People’s Liberation Army went to war tomorrow, it would field an arsenal bristling with hardware from some...
UK has 75 percent of EU's millionaire bankers
06.12.2013 13:25
EUObserver: BRUSSELS - More than 75 percent of Europe's banking millionaires are based in the UK, according to a report by the EU's bank watchdog.
More than 2,700 UK-based bankers were paid more than €1 million in 2012, compared to a further 794 across the rest of the EU. Germany was a...
Mystery 'alien-like creature' seen in Bristol harbour
06.12.2013 13:18
TheTelegraph: A strange glowing creature spotted floating in Bristol harbour has baffled biology experts.
Experts were baffled after video footage emerged of a glowing “alien-like creature” swimming in Bristol harbour.
Stunned eyewitnesses filmed a mystery luminescent, tentacled being,...
Oldest reference to Bohemian king found in Acre
05.12.2013 12:20
TimesOfIzrael: A 13th-century silver penny identified with King Premizl Ottokar II found amid ruins during excavation of former Crusader capital.
An unassuming silver coin found in Israel’s coastal city of Acre has tremendous historical value, both for the Crusader town and for a lost central...
Curiosity rover's methane result challenges life theory
20.09.2013 13:17
BBC: The Curiosity rover's failure to detect methane on Mars is a blow to theories that the planet may still host some types of life, say mission scientists.
Telescopes and satellites have reported seeing small but significant volumes of the gas, but the six-wheeled robot can pick up no such...
Huge canyon discovered under Greenland ice
30.08.2013 12:20
BBC: One of the biggest canyons in the world has been found beneath the ice sheet that smothers most of Greenland.
The canyon - which is 800km long and up to 800m deep - was carved out by a great river more than four million years ago, before the ice arrived.
It was discovered by accident as...
Resurrected protein's clue to origins of life
29.08.2013 10:48
New reconstructions of ancient proteins have provided clues to the habitat and origins of life on Earth.
The resurrected protein is thought to have existed almost four billion years ago in single-celled organisms linked to the earliest ancestor of all life.
The protein survives in the extreme...
Earth life 'may have come from Mars'
29.08.2013 10:43
BBC: Life may have started on Mars before arriving on Earth, a major scientific conference has heard.
New research supports an idea that the Red Planet was a better place to kick-start biology billions of years ago than the early Earth was.
The evidence is based on how the first molecules...
Musk Shows Hyperloop Transport Design for People to Cars
13.08.2013 09:16
Bloomberg: The Hyperloop is here, in its full, theoretical glory.
After keeping the public in suspense for about a year, Elon Musk, the chief executive officer ofTesla Motors Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp., has revealed some concrete details of what he sees as a new,...
Russian meteor shockwave circled globe twice
28.06.2013 10:55
BBC: The shock wave from an asteroid that burned up over Russia in February was so powerful that it travelled twice around the globe, scientists say.
They used a system of sensors set up to detect evidence of nuclear tests and said it was the most powerful event ever recorded by the...